Improvement in door-checks



G. RAMSAY.

Improvement in Door-Checks.

Patented Oct.8,1872.

* Inventor GEORGE RAMSAY,

OrEroE.

or cLYDE, OHIO.

lWlPROVEMENT IN DOOR-CHECKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,970, dated October8, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RAMSAY, of Clyde, in the county of Sanduskyand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Door Stopand Catch Combined, of which the following is a description:

Figures 1 and 2 are side views of the door stop and catch. Fig. 3 is anend view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The object of this invention is to prevent an open door from swingingback and striking against the wall, and also to hold said door open whenit is swung back; and it consists in making the spring with a screw atthe end thereof, and passing through a hole in the stop to hold saidstop in place. The said spring, by this means, acts for a doublepurpose, as hereinafter shown.

Of the above invention the following is a detailed description:

A in the drawing represents a knob; a section of the rounded end thereofis cut away, forming a rectangular notch,'B. In the side of the notch issecured a piece of rubber, 0, against which the door strikes when swungback to the wall. Through the center of the knob is bored a hole, a, inwhich is inserted one end of a spring, D. On the end of said spring,inserted in the hole, is cut a screw, E, and which projects through thesquare end of the knob, as shown in the drawing, and whereby said knobis secured to the wall. That part ofrthe hole immediately around thescrew is smaller than that surrounding-the other section of the spring,as indicated by the dotted lines I), Fig. 1. The purpose of the largersection of the hole is to allow a free movement of the spring projectingtherefrom, and which is bent backward over the rounded end of the knob,as shown in Fig. 2. In the side of the spring is a notch, c, the purposeof which will presently be shown.

The application and operation of the abovedescribed knob and door catchis as follows:

The knob is secured to the wall by means of the screw E, which is driveninto the baseboard by turning it by the outer end, which will draw theknob firmly thereto by the collar d drawing on the shoulder of theenlargement of thehole a in which the spring is secured. Said collar isindicated by the dotted lines cl, Fig.

2. The position of the knob in relation to the door, when properlyadjusted, is such as to present the notch B toward the door, andvertical therewith, so that when the door is swung back the edge thereofwill fall into said notch, as indicated by the dotted lines f. The sideof the door will strike upon the rubber c, or other soft material, andthus prevent the door from being bruised, and at the same time it iswithheld from striking against the wall. The door is held open and incontact with the knob by the spring D the notch c, which is caught by acatch let into the edge of the door, thereby holding the door fromclosing until released therefrom by forcing back the spring by placingthe foot upon it or by the hand. The screw and spring-catch arerepresented as one piece, but which, however, may consist of two piecesviz, screw and spring-and each respectively secured to the knob, andwhich, also, may be of any shape that the character of the door mayrequire.

By this invention the use of blocks, covered bricks, stools, chairs, andwedges resorted to for this purpose is avoided for a neater and moresecure substitute.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A door stop and catch, consisting of the stop A, spring D with a screwat the end thereof and passing through a hole in said stop, the notch B,and rubber or cushion G, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE RAMSAY.

Witnesses W. H. BURRIDGE, A. F. CORNELL.

